Can you imagine how incredibly lame iPad 2's introduction would be if there was no glimpse what it will be able to do come the Fall?

Yea, they'll spend an hour and a half saying its faster thinner and has cameras. Big frigging deal.

Did you even look at the invite? 2011 is the year of what? iOS 5, thats what. iOS 5 as it relates to iPad 2 is one of the most significant things happening this year. Clearly, CLEARLY, this is what the invite refers to.

Can you imagine how incredibly lame iPad 2's introduction would be if there was no glimpse what it will be able to do come the Fall?

Yea, they'll spend an hour and a half saying its faster thinner and has cameras. Big frigging deal.

Did you even look at the invite? 2011 is the year of what? iOS 5, thats what. iOS 5 as it relates to iPad 2 is one of the most significant things happening this year. Clearly, CLEARLY, this is what the invite refers to.

Speed bump and cameras could be released without an event.

I missed the iOS part. Apple never announce software like this. They announce it at WWDC.

Technically speaking -
are we not all a form of the media, here at Appleinsider.
Admittedly, most of us don't have blogs,
but we have opinions, which we express very 'freely'
and punctiliosly (gotta love that word, yeah, I know it's not a 'real' word, however, I'm a member of the 'press' so piss-off!)

I disagree. They are saying "come see what 2011 will be the year of". Lots of iPhone sales and a demo of what's next for the iOS, think about it. They wouldn't say that for just a revamped iPad but also the operating system that will eventually be on it.

You may be correct about the next iOS -- here's my reasoning:

-- the iOS beta 4.3 hasn't been updated since 2/1 - it is normally 2 weeks
-- there are some compelling APIs within the beta that have not been discussed or featured
-- there is the probability of faster dual-core CPU and GPU, more RAM
-- there would be an advantage to support OpenCL and CGD programming
-- there is a possibility of 1 or 2 cameras
-- there is a possibility of ThunderBolt high-speed connection to other devices
-- there is the potential to use the iPad as a standalone video creation/editing device
-- there is a potential to use an iPad as a display/control surface for coming Pro Apps

I think that these things, while somewhat useful for the iPhone, will truly exploit the larger screen iPad as a stand-alone device, and as full-fledged member of the iDevice/Mac family.

By announcing the iPad 2 with new capabilities, and concurrently announcing iOS 4.x with new APIs to support those features -- Apple could reset the bar:

The competition is trying to get a usable, affordable system out the door. They are jerking around with home screen widgets, Flash-flagellation, over-speced under-supported hardware -- in an attempt to differentiate themselves and appeal to the developer/buyer/user.

While they are doing that, Apple is enhancing the underlying iOS and SDK with constructs to exploit the hardware and software.

By April, the iPad 2, iOS 4.x combo will be doing things that the competition will not be able to address for another year.

Any or all of this can be included in the next iPhone iOS.

It's all about the software, stupid!

That's what I think!

"Swift generally gets you to the right way much quicker." - auxio -

"The perfect [birth]day -- A little playtime, a good poop, and a long nap." - Tomato Greeting Cards -

Technically, you shouldn't end a sentence in a preposition. So for those of us who love the English language for its regaled beauty, "Come see of what 2011 will be the year" is preferred. However, for those of us who more so love the English language for its flexibility, ease of evolution and expressibility, and appreciate the beauty of slang, the phrase is just fine. Have it how you like.

Have it as you like.

"Swift generally gets you to the right way much quicker." - auxio -

"The perfect [birth]day -- A little playtime, a good poop, and a long nap." - Tomato Greeting Cards -

It's the country north of USA .... you know, the one with no bank failures during the latest financial fiasco .... with the "soundest" banking system in the world, according to most "financial experts"....... although that particular term may be redundant in this day and age. ....

Apple, bigger than Google, √ ..... bigger than Microsoft, √ The universe is unfolding as it should. Thanks, Apple.

It's the country north of USA .... you know, the one with no bank failures during the latest financial fiasco .... with the "soundest" banking system in the world, according to most "financial experts"....... although that particular term may be redundant in this day and age. ....

BULLLL- SHHIITTE!!

Australia could eat you guys for a quick Halloween Breakfast,
or what ever the Yanks do on 'that' day?or is it Thanksgivingdaybreakfast - beats me?

If I were to hazard a guess, iOS 5 will make the Motorola Atrix and its laptop dock look like a toy.

Hopefully we see some more of Lion.

As to Motorola, the timing of Apple's invitation is sublime since the Xoom is scheduled to debut tomorrow - February 24. What a way to kick the pins out from under the competition.

The Xoom may be facing the most disastrous introduction since Tallulah Bankhead opened on Broadway in "Anthony and Cleopatra" - which provoked a devastating review the next day from John Mason Brown in the New York Post: Tallulah Bankhead barged down the Nile last night as Cleopatraand sank.

I admit to being a Fanatical Moderate. I Disdain the Inane. Vyizderzominymororzizazizdenderizorziz?

It's the country north of USA .... you know, the one with no bank failures during the latest financial fiasco .... with the "soundest" banking system in the world, according to most "financial experts"....... although that particular term may be redundant in this day and age. ....

Isn't RBC a heavy backer of RIM?

"Swift generally gets you to the right way much quicker." - auxio -

"The perfect [birth]day -- A little playtime, a good poop, and a long nap." - Tomato Greeting Cards -

Yeah. Also, if it was worded correctly (as per your example) it would be unreadable nonsense, so the slightly incorrect grammar is definitely preferred.

People forget also that advertising copy is not proper English and never has been. Traditionally, a huge amount of leeway is given advertising agencies since their very business is inventive wordplay.

If it was a headline in a newspaper it's time to get upset, when it's an advert ... not so much.

Count me in in that sentiment.

This whole pedantry on the language is ridiculous. The phraseology is obviously an allusion to ...the year of _____! Well, putting a blank into the press release would be downright stupid.

As was posted earlier, the "rules" of written English are merely guidelines (except by composition teachers who need them for self fulfillment and grading). English as a language adapts and evolves based on usage, it does not and never has remained static bound to a set of mandatory rules. Let the Grammar Police so be chastised and castigated.

There's what is referred to as artistic license, meant to entice or make the reader ponder ... "Think Different" .., need not explain itself.

And, if you study the history of the English language, you will find that the Shakespeare's English, or that of Milton were written and spoken differently. The language evolves, and continue to do so.

Are you aware that there are variants of the English language, as actually spoken and written all over the world? Lexicographers and linguists who study modern cultures of the world accept these variants as true forms of the English language -- not just the King's English or American English.

Get out more in the larger world... don't spend too much time in the Apple Insider forums. Just don't try your luck as an advertising creator. You will bore everyone, and get fired for being stuffy.

There must be some cloud computing annoucements coming too. With all the apps and personal data on the iPads it would be ideal to have them sync better with the cloud. That is, something better than MobileMe that allows documents to be worked on the iPad but stored in MobileMe and not just iWork documents but Office ones or any 3rd party productivity apps.

The Macbook Pros should also be presented at the event. We'll see next week.